Dear ARLIS/NA Members and Colleagues,

 

During the Mid-Year Meetings of the ARLIS/NA Executive Board, a motion was passed to re-instate the Diversity Committee as a Standing Committee of the Society.  Given the overwhelming response to the Diversity Forum in Baltimore, the Board decided that it was important to address this ongoing concern in a more permanent way within the Society’s structure.  This group has already begun its work, forging closer ties to ARLIS/NA’s larger affiliate organizations with well-defined diversity programs such as SLA and ALA’s Office of Diversity.

 

The Committee’s charge will be to continue to create greater awareness of issues related to diversity, as well as facilitating integration of these issues into all levels of the Society’s activities and programs.  During the coming months, Past-President, Daniel Starr will act as the Board’s liaison to the Committee which will be co-chaired by Marilyn Russell and Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos, both of whom will be stepping down as Co-Chairs in 2004.  Other Committee members are:

 

Laurel Bliss

Tom Greives

Miguel Juarez

Vanessa Kam

Jing Liao

Elinor Nacheman

Maria Sampang

Shannon van Kirk

 

I look forward to working with this Committee as we plan for the upcoming New York Conference!

 

Best regards,

Allen

 

Allen K. Townsend, President, ARLIS/NA

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Phone:  817 989 5073

Fax:  817 989 5079

 

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